Cross Country Wireless Release Mains Filter

Cross Country Wireless has released a filter designed to remove noise and interference on the incoming mains feed to radio equipment or high-quality audio equipment.

The filter first uses a differential filter on the live and neutral conductors to remove LF and HF noise from switch mode power supplies on the same circuit, ring main or phase. The filter then has a common mode filter to stop HF and VHF interference on all three conductors.

This also stops any RF signal or interference from the radio or audio equipment being fed back to the mains supply.

The combined filter system provides a reliable filtering system that can cope with almost any situation where severe electromagnetic interference is present on the incoming mains supply.

Mains Filter - http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/mains_filter.htm

FCC Enforcement Action Update July 2017

A recent flurry of FCC Enforcement Bureau correspondence to alleged unlicensed broadcasters has targeted at least one more radio amateur — this time in the Greater New York City area.

Winston A. Tulloch, KC2ALN, of Paterson, New Jersey, has been visited again by the FCC, after several months on investigating Tulloch regarding a pirate FM station on 90.9 MHz.

Last November 2016, the Enforcement Bureau sent Tulloch a Notice of Unlicensed Operation after receiving information that he was operating a radio station. FCC agents used direction-finding techniques to zero in on a signal on 90.9 MHz coming from his residence."

Full Story - http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-crackdown-on-pirate-broadcasters-targets-at-least-one-more-amateur-licensee

5 MHz for Philippines

The Philippines Telecom Regulator, the National Telecommunications Commission, has permitted access to the new WRC-15 Amateur Secondary 60m allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz under ITU footnote 5.133B, with a maximum power limit of 15W EIRP.

More information - http://www.para.org.ph/news-53515-53565kHz-on-secondary-basis.html